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The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
“I think a lot of people would elect to be dead if they didnt have to die.” By turns, blunt and meandering The Passenger presents its readers with an unsparing tale permeated by existential angst. Cormac McCarthy’s prose is uncompromising: much of the narrative consists of dialogues: rambling conversations, mystifying backwards and forwards, sharp repartees,…
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, addiction, ageing, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, ambivalent mood, America, atmospheric, bad love, bars & restaurants, Cormac McCarthy, dead girls, DEATH, desire, dialogue heavy, endless monologues, existentialism, experimental, feverish, FLORIDA, GRIEF, grit lit, GUILT, hallucinations, hauntings, history, i don’t think happiness is for me, Ibiza, Idaho, incest, introspective, ISLAND, Kafkaesque, lgbtq+ side, LITERARY FICTION, literary references, Longing, Louisiana, madness, MEMORY, mental health, Mississippi, morality, MYSTERY, nature, New Orleans, no plot just vibes, no quotations marks, obsession, paranoia, philosophical, PSYCHIATRISTS & THERAPISTS, psychological, psychology, published in 2022, read in 2022, road trip, schizophrenia, science, scientists & co, sea, siblings, Southern America, spain, suicide, survival, terrific prose, The Passenger, tragedy, trans side characters, war, western -
Monster in the Middle by Tiphanie Yanique
A week or so before reading Monster in the Middle I read Tiphanie Yanique’s debut short story collection, Land of Love and Drowning, which I rather enjoyed. I remember being struck by Yanique ’s atmospheric storytelling, by her subtle use of irony, and by her thoughtful meditations on death, love, and everything in between. So,…
1980s, 1990s, 2 STARS, 2000s, 2010s, Adult, affairs, America, American, belonging, bi side characters, Black & Black heritage authors, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, Caribbean, caribbean author, cheating, Christianity, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), family, FAMILY SAGA, female authors, Ghana, illness, incest-y, interconnected stories, intergenerational, ISLAND, lgbtq+ side, MARRIAGE, mental health, Monster in the Middle, My reviews, NEW YORK, pandemic, published in 2022, read in 2022, reading, Religion, Saint Thomas, Saint Thomas authors, schizophrenia, sex, sexual assault/abuse/rape, social issues, Tiphanie Yanique, travel, U.S. Virgin Islands authors -
Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella — book review
“It’s supposed to be a time when you’re about to embark on your adult life, but for many young people, that springboard looks more like a precipice.” Ghosts of Harvard is a patchwork of a novel. While the summary seems to promise more of thriller/academia type of book (I personally would not recommend this to…
3rd pov, academia, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, Cambridge, campus, DEATH, drama, family, female authors, Francesca Serritella, Ghosts of Harvard, ghosts/spirits, GRIEF, Harvard, illness, Massachusetts, MELODRAMA, mental health, MYSTERY, PARANORMAL, published in 2020, read in 2020, schizophrenia, siblings, suicide, SUPERNATURAL, SUSPENSE -
Everything Here is Beautiful: Book Review
Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee ★★★★✰ 4 stars “Where are you? Where the fuck are you, Lucia?” Being punched in the stomach would have been less painful than this. Lee’s depiction of mental illness is both incredibly vivid and deeply disturbing. Lucia is the focal point of the narrative: she is…
4 STARS, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, asian american, China, Contemporary, cultural dissonance, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), dislocation, Everything Here is Beautiful, family, HOSPITAL, illness, latin america, LITERARY FICTION, mental health, migration/immigration, Mira T. Lee, motherhood, pregnancy, PSYCHIATRISTS & THERAPISTS, READ IN 2019, schizophrenia, SISTERS
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